Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 73450

Psychiatry

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal DemocratChichester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of full-time psychiatrists in the NHS (a) nationally and (b) in Chichester constituency.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective car...

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